1. Don’t be afraid to use the block button, , it will come helpful even on easy difficulty.

2. When starting a character Legend Mode, focus on strength and either health or defense

3. Make sure to have at least 1 strong signature move, and 1 signature move that has a wide range of attack. The strong signature will help you with bosses while the wide range signature move will help you when you are surrounded by enemies.

4. If you can’t complete the final chapter of any character on Dream Mode, you can complete the chapter with another character, and still get the trophy. To do this first choose Dream Mode from the main menu, then choose the character you wish to finish the chapter with, then instead of pressing , press the button so that you go on free mode. Then scroll until you arrive at the character that you can’t complete the final chapter.

This only works in the final chapter as if you try it on any other chapter, the next chapter will not unlock.

Please also note this, thanks to Ozymandias for getting my attention on this:

Awesome guide, just had one thing to throw in that I noticed while playing: on your Tips and Strategies section, number 4, you said you can complete a characters final chapter with another character who you're better with, or that's stronger. That is true, and you will still get the completion trophy, but if you're playing a characters dream mode that is supposed to unlock a character upon completion, the new character won't unlock unless you beat the final level as the original character.

Example is I beat Rei's last level as Kenshiro, got the Rei Dream Mode trophy, but it didn't unlock Thouzer

5. Upgrades that you purchased for a character in Legend Mode will carry over to Dream Mode.

6. Here is a video that shows the meridian chart completed for all the character’s (created by Edmantium):

Toggle Spoiler

Step 1: Complete each character's Legend Mode (5 total).
There are no difficulty related trophies so feel free to play on whatever difficulty you want (suggested ‘easy’ but it’s up to you).
You will first start off with Kenshiro’s Legend Mode and as you progress through the story you will unlock the Legend and Dream modes
for the other characters. Completing each character’s story will net you most of the trophies.

Step 2: Complete each character’s Dream mode (8 total).
The story of Dream Mode is different from that of Legend Mode (and different from the anime), but all character’s Dream Mode
revolves in the same story line.

Complete Legend Mode - TokiComplete Legend Mode as Toki.

Complete Legend Mode - RaohComplete Legend Mode as Raoh.

Complete Legend Mode - ReiComplete Legend Mode as Rei.

Unmissable. Trophy unlocked after credits.

Like other character’s you can parry an attack with if you time it exactly with the attack. However with Rei you can also press when an enemy is attacking (will show on the screen) and Rei will get into a powered up state were he gets stronger with more powerful and different attacks for a short period of time.

Complete Legend Mode - MamiyaComplete Legend Mode as Mamiya.

Unmissable. Trophy unlocked after credits.

This is tougher than the other legend modes as she is not strong and the combos aren’t that good. Using the until it charges fully will kill most of the small enemies. As for the bosses if you hit them they will not be killed immediately. Most of the times they will block. I found best to use the combo , , for the bosses. As with the other you can also use the signature moves.

Complete Dream Mode - KenshiroComplete Dream Mode as Kenshiro.

Complete Dream Mode - TokiComplete Dream Mode as Toki.

Complete Dream Mode - RaohComplete Dream Mode as Raoh.

Complete all of the chapters to unlock after the credits

In the last chapter of Raoh Dream Mode, you will get a time limit to kill bosses. If you fail to kill the bosses within the time limit you will not lose the game, but you will only lose one of the 7 stars, these will light up once you finish a specific action.

So take it easy and don’t rush into fights as, if you do so, you will probably die, as in this chapter Raoh has to fight against a lot of bosses.

Complete Dream Mode - ThouzerComplete Dream Mode as Thouzer.

Complete Dream Mode - JagiComplete Dream Mode as Jagi.

Complete all of the chapters to unlock after the credits

Jagi is again a bit like Mamiya as he is not so strong as the others (but stronger than Mamiya) use the button and you kill most of the enemies. As for the bosses either use the combo , , as after he shoots a couple of bullets, or use the combo , , , as after he shoots a projectile from his bazooka.

Complete Dream Mode - MamiyaComplete Dream Mode as Mamiya.

Fists of TenacityPlay for more than 30 hours total.

This will come along while you’re playing, most probably it will come in the first play through of the Dream mode if you finish the entire Legend mode first. You can see the time played if you go to gallery from the main menu.

True Warrior of the ApocalypseDefeat 10,000 enemies.

Hokuto Shinken MasterDestroy 5,000 enemies with Hokuto Shinken.

The main users of Hokuto Shinken are Kenshiro, Raoh and Jagi. To get this make sure you kill an enemy with a or with a signature move by pressing . As this will make the kills, count as Hokuto Shinken. If you defeat an enemy with will not increase the kill count.

Once you learn the Extrinsic Skill ‘Hokuto Shinken Wisdom’, every kill will count towards this trophy even if you kill an enemy with . Every character, not only Kenshiro, Raoh and Jagi can learn ‘Hokuto Shinken Wisdom’ and still count toward this trophy.

Most probably you will get this by playing Kenshiro and Raoh Legend Modes and Kenshiro, Raoh and Jagi Dream Mode. If you don’t get this it is better to reply a chapter from Dream Mode as you can have an infinite amount of enemies.

Nanto Seiken MasterObliterate 5,000 enemies with Nanto Seiken.

This is the same as Hokuto Shinken Master, but the main users of this style are Rei, Shin and Thouzer.

At first make sure you kill your enemies with or signature move, once you learn the Extrinsic Skill ‘Nanto Seiken Wisdom’ every kill you make, even those with will count towards this trophy.

Note that unlike Rei and Shin, with Thouzer if you finish a combo with a it will not make an enemy cut into pieces so it will not count as a Nanto Seiken Kill. At first you can use a combo of , , , , or attack with a powered up attack.
Again for this trophy you can learn ‘Nanto Seiken Wisdom’ with every character.

Hokuto Ujoken MasterPut 5,000 enemies out of their misery with Hokuto Ujoken.

This is the same as both Hokuto Shinken Master and Nanto Seiken Master, but the main user of this style is Toki.

Again as the other two, first kill with or a signature. Once you learn ‘Hokuto Ujiken Wisdom’ you can kill even with , and also you can learn this Extrinsic Skill with every character.

As Toki is the only main user of this style most probably you will not get this, even if you finish both the Legend Mode and Dream Mode. So repeat another chapter in Dream Mode, and this will be a bit more easier as you can choose the cured Toki.

Signature Move MasterCrush 1,000 enemies using Signature Moves.

To use a signature press , when you have at least 1 bar full.

You have to kill 1000 enemies with signature, not use the signature 1000 times. Begin early on and use the signature move to kill enemies. Choose a signature that has a wide range of attack and make sure that there is a large group of enemies and you can get this in Legend Mode.

Note that if you use this against the bosses (red/ orange square on the map) will not count unless you kill them with the signature. Also when you use this against the final bosses (those that have 2 or 3 bars of life that you fight alone), will not count as you can’t kill the final boss with a signature.

You can only use finishers against the final bosses. To defeat an opponent with a finisher, beat him up until all health goes down. You have two ways to know that you can now defeat an opponent with a finisher, the first one is while you are beating the opponent, the 7 stars of Hokuto will show up as white, then the opponent will go down on one knee.

While the opponent is in this state just press , and you will get a timed mini game, if you successfully perform the mini game you will beat the opponent with a finisher. If you don’t successfully finish the mini game, the opponent will regain some health.

Whomp RaohDefeat Raoh with a Finisher move in the Final Chapter of Kenshiro's Legend Mode.

Unmissable will get this by playing Legend Mode.

In this final fight against Raoh, when 1 of the 3 life bars goes down, Raoh will use Unconscious Transmigration of Souls, where he will glow. When Raoh is in this state you will not be able to do any damage to him, unless you also use Unconscious Transmigration of Souls , you can learn this signature move and it will cost three bars.

Destroy KenshiroDefeat Kenshiro with a Finisher move in the Final Chapter of Raoh's Legend Mode.

Unmissable will get this by playing Legend Mode.

In this final fight against Ken, when 1 of the 3 life bars goes down, Ken will use Unconscious Transmigration of Souls, where he will glow. When Ken is in this state you will not be able to do any damage to him, unless you also use the Unconscious Transmigration of Souls you can learn this signature move and it will cost 3 bars.